Four passers-by on a slope, Esaias Boursse, 1662 Outside, four figures were drawn on a slope. Only the left -most left one in the front has been worked out; The other three figures have remained more or less sketchy. The man on the left wears a large cloth wrapped around his shoulders and body (Chadar), which reaches over the calves. With his arms crossed in front of the breast, he keeps the canvas closed. He has tied a small cloth around his head. His hair is not visible, but a long stretched earlobe. The second man who stands diagonally behind him carries a hip cloth (Veshti, Lungi) that is
Four passers-by on a slope, Esaias Boursse, 1662 Outside, four figures were drawn on a slope. Only the left -most left one in the front has been worked out; The other three figures have remained more or less sketchy. The man on the left wears a large cloth wrapped around his shoulders and body (Chadar), which reaches over the calves. With his arms crossed in front of the breast, he keeps the canvas closed. He has tied a small cloth around his head. His hair is not visible, but a long stretched earlobe. The second man who stands diagonally behind him carries a hip cloth (Veshti, Lungi) that is largely beaten around his belly: one end hangs down his left leg, the other end over his left arm. In his left hand he holds a long stick (pingo-slat). The third man wears a short folding hip rug (veshti, lungi; on his left hip he wears the tools of a palm wine tapper (Toddy Tapper): an earthen jar suspended in crossed ropes (Labu Katay), a wooden box that protrudes tools: a hammer (Thalanay) and a sharp knife. On the far right is the top of a woman, slanted on her back. The clothing she wears is unclear, it seems like a wrap. The head indicated in a few sketches seems to be in a Wrong (Condé) Stabbed hair to show. Leaf 11 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (SRILANKANS). Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME). Asian races and peoples (with NAME). head-gear (with NAME). Eurasion, half-caste Sri Lanka. Colombo
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